August 21st, 1648

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Born on August 21st, 1648 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 21st?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 21st
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1648)

Born on August 21st, 1648

Weekday

Friday

August 21st, 1648 was a Friday.

Age

375

People born on August 21st, 1648 will turn 376 this year (2024), in exactly 109 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1648 - August 23rd, 1648

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 137,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 778 days, exactly on June 21st, 2026, people who were born on August 21st, 1648 will be 138,000 days old!

137,222 Days

19,603 Weeks

4,508 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on August 21st?

August 21st, 2015

Passengers on a Thalys train from Amsterdam to Paris confronted and subdued an attacker who attempted a mass shooting.

August 21st, 2013

Syrian civil war: Areas controlled by the Syrian opposition in Ghouta, Damascus, were attacked by rockets (launcher pictured) containing sarin, killing at least 281 people.

August 21st, 1986

A limnic eruption of Lake Nyos in Cameroon released a cloud of carbon dioxide, suffocating 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock.

August 21st, 1963

South Vietnamese special forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, the brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm, raided and vandalised Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving hundreds dead.

August 21st, 1945

American physicist Harry Daghlian accidentally dropped a tungsten carbide brick onto a plutonium bomb core, exposing himself to neutron radiation and later becoming the first Manhattan Project fatality due to a criticality accident.

August 21st, 1944

World War II: A combined Canadian–Polish force captured the town of Falaise, France, in the final offensive of the Battle of Normandy.

August 21st, 1942

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army lost the Battle of the Tenaru, the first of its three major land offensives during the Guadalcanal Campaign.

August 21st, 1911

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (pictured) was stolen from the Louvre by museum employee Vincenzo Peruggia and was not recovered until two years later.

August 21st, 1858

The first of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas (both pictured), candidates for an Illinois seat in the U.S. Senate, was held in Ottawa, Illinois.

August 21st, 1808

Peninsular War: British–Portuguese forces put an end to the first French invasion of Portugal at the Battle of Vimeiro.

August 21st, 1789

The national colours of Italy first appeared on a tricolour cockade in Genoa.

August 21st, 1717

Austro-Turkish War: Austrian troops under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy captured the strategically important city of Belgrade from the Ottoman Empire.

August 21st, 1716

Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: Ottoman forces suddenly abandoned their siege of Corfu, allowing the Republic of Venice to preserve its rule over the Ionian Islands.

August 21st, 1689

Jacobite risings: Jacobite clans clashed with a regiment of Covenanters in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.

August 21st, 1689

The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 21st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 21st?

Elīza Tīruma

Latvian luger

*August 21st, 1990, Sigulda

Malynda Hale

Musical artist

*August 21st, 1986, Santa Barbara

Usain Bolt

Jamaican sprinter

*August 21st, 1986, Sherwood Content

Roelof Dednam

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1985, Bloemfontein

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

*August 21st, 1916, Wallingford †November 3rd, 2005, Northwood

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

*August 21st, 1961, Fort Sill †November 26th, 2018, San Marino

Kim Bruun

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1993, Seoul

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

William IV

King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 1830 to 1837

*August 21st, 1765, Buckingham Palace †June 20th, 1837, Windsor Castle

Hermann Hammerschmidt

*August 21st, 1887, Cottbus †November 30th, 1944

Alizée

French singer

*August 21st, 1984, Ajaccio

Paul Zeiller

Austrian painter (1658-1738)

*August 21st, 1658, Reutte †August 19th, 1738, Reutte

Robert Lewandowski

Polish association football player

*August 21st, 1988, Leszno, Warsaw West County

Sergey Brin

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*August 21st, 1973, Moscow

Eve Torres

American actress, dancer, model and professional wrestler

*August 21st, 1984, Boston

Nigel Pearson

English association football player and manager (born 1963)

*August 21st, 1963, Nottingham

Melvin Van Peebles

American filmmaker

*August 21st, 1932, Chicago †September 21st, 2021, Manhattan

Mohammed

King of Morocco since 1999

*August 21st, 1963, Rabat

Same year
Born in 1648

Arp Schnitger

German organ builder

*July 2nd, 1648, Brake †July 28th, 1719, Neuenfelde

Grinling Gibbons

Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood carver (1648-1721)

*April 4th, 1648, Rotterdam †August 3rd, 1721, London

Tommaso Ceva

Italian mathematician (1648-1737)

*December 20th, 1648, Milan †February 3rd, 1737, Milan

Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway

British Army general

*April 9th, 1648, Paris †September 3rd, 1720, Bangor

Pedro II of Portugal

King of Portugal (1648–1706)

*April 26th, 1648, Ribeira Palace †December 9th, 1706, Alcântara

Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon

French Roman Catholic mystic

*April 13th, 1648, Montargis †June 9th, 1717, Blois

Peter Heinrich Tesdorpf

German politician

*November 21st, 1648, Bad Schwartau †December 27th, 1723, Lübeck

John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby

English poet and politician (1648–1721)

*April 7th, 1648, London †February 24th, 1721, London

Gerard Hoet

Dutch painter, writer, and later art dealer (1648-1733)

*August 22nd, 1648, Zaltbommel †December 2nd, 1733, The Hague

Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels

German noble

*September 2nd, 1648, Halle (Saale) †January 7th, 1681, Gotha

Anne Henriette of Bavaria

Princess of Condé (1648-1723)

*March 13th, 1648, Paris †February 23rd, 1723, Petit Luxembourg

Michelangelo Tamburini

Superior Geeral of the Society of Jesuits (1648-1730)

*September 27th, 1648, Modena †February 28th, 1730, Rome

Caspar Neumann

German academic and clergy

*September 14th, 1648, Wrocław †January 27th, 1715, Wrocław

Charles-Amador Martin

Catholic priest

*January 1st, 1648, Quebec City †June 19th, 1711, Sainte-Foy

Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg

Duke of Saxe-Coburg

*May 24th, 1648, Gotha †August 6th, 1699, Coburg

John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee

Scottish general (1648-1689)

*July 21st, 1648, Glamis †July 27th, 1689, Killiecrankie

Petrus Codde

First Old Catholic bishop

*November 27th, 1648, Amsterdam †December 18th, 1710, Utrecht

Johann Schelle

German composer (1648-1701)

*September 6th, 1648, Geising †March 10th, 1701, Leipzig

Johann Arnoldi

German jurist

*October 16th, 1648, Giessen †December 13th, 1718, Stolberg

Joseph Adelmann

German university teacher (1648-1693)

*January 1st, 1648, Eichstätt †December 27th, 1693, Lucerne

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 21st

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day) which are celebrated on August 21st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXI.VIII.MDCXLVIII

21.8.1648

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XL = 40

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

Yes: 1648 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

Calendar
August 1648

August 1648

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August 21st, 1648

Born on August 21st, 1648

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 137,000 days old!

137,222 Days

19,603 Weeks

4,508 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 21st?

Passengers on a Thalys train from Amsterdam to Paris confronted and subdued an attacker who attempted a mass shooting.

Syrian civil war: Areas controlled by the Syrian opposition in Ghouta, Damascus, were attacked by rockets (launcher pictured) containing sarin, killing at least 281 people.

A limnic eruption of Lake Nyos in Cameroon released a cloud of carbon dioxide, suffocating 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock.

South Vietnamese special forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, the brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm, raided and vandalised Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving hundreds dead.

American physicist Harry Daghlian accidentally dropped a tungsten carbide brick onto a plutonium bomb core, exposing himself to neutron radiation and later becoming the first Manhattan Project fatality due to a criticality accident.

World War II: A combined Canadian–Polish force captured the town of Falaise, France, in the final offensive of the Battle of Normandy.

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army lost the Battle of the Tenaru, the first of its three major land offensives during the Guadalcanal Campaign.

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (pictured) was stolen from the Louvre by museum employee Vincenzo Peruggia and was not recovered until two years later.

The first of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas (both pictured), candidates for an Illinois seat in the U.S. Senate, was held in Ottawa, Illinois.

Peninsular War: British–Portuguese forces put an end to the first French invasion of Portugal at the Battle of Vimeiro.

The national colours of Italy first appeared on a tricolour cockade in Genoa.

Austro-Turkish War: Austrian troops under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy captured the strategically important city of Belgrade from the Ottoman Empire.

Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: Ottoman forces suddenly abandoned their siege of Corfu, allowing the Republic of Venice to preserve its rule over the Ionian Islands.

Jacobite risings: Jacobite clans clashed with a regiment of Covenanters in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.

The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 21st

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 21st?

Same year Born in 1648

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 21st

Abraham of Smolensk (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Euprepius of Verona

Maximilian of Antioch

Our Lady of Knock

Pope Pius X

Sidonius Apollinaris

August 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines)

Youth Day (Morocco)

World Senior Citizen's Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

21.8.1648

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Age in days, weeks and months
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Birthdays
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Same year
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Calendar
August 1648

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
31						1	2
32	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
33	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
34	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
35	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
36	31